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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:01 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
Not 'back door to heaven'. It sounds... interesting, though.
The students were learning about genre this week. The film they watched is regarded as being highly influential within a particular movie genre.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
I wonder if we need the Americans to send some guesses...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Of Mice and Men?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:11 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:Of Mice and Men?
Possibly warmer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:11 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Stagecoach?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:21 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:Stagecoach?
You, sir, win the prize. And the prize, sir, is having to sit here saying 'no', possibly for days. Good luck. I'd open a bottle if I were you.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:32 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Ah yes, in my enthusiasm to guess I forgot that bit.
What is my favourite apple to go with port?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:36 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:Ah yes, in my enthusiasm to guess I forgot that bit.
What is my favourite apple to go with port?
crab
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:41 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:
crab
No, I have tried to eat one, not fun. The cider is OK though.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:00 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Russet?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by AW77
Golden Delicious ?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
Bloody Butcher? You're a Somerset man, I'm presuming it's a traditional variety, based entirely on my own stereotype of what Somerset men like.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:22 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
AW77 wrote:Golden Delicious ?
Thank God you arrived Andre, not right this time though.
djewesbury wrote:Bloody Butcher? You're a Somerset man, I'm presuming it's a traditional variety, based entirely on my own stereotype of what Somerset men like.
Wrong, but you are right that it is an old variety, I am a bit oh-arr (Said in a Somerset accent) when it comes to apples.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:31 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by Glenn E.
Granny Smith?
(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:34 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Glenn E. wrote:(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)
Not Pink lady.
Braeburn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:36 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
Ellesmere's Orange?
Traditional means the older varieties that are less grown these days, including some that have disappeared and then been found growing in some overgrown orchard, quite forgotten about; harder to find, but worth pursuing. PortForum enthusiasts can understand that I think!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:37 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
I had written my last post before JDAW posted his question. Therefore I shall ask again.
Ashmead's Kernel?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:39 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Glenn E. wrote:Granny Smith?
No
jdaw1 wrote:Glenn E. wrote:(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)
Not Pink lady.
quite.
jdaw1 wrote:Braeburn?
Nor this. Possibly my taste in apples is a little esoteric, I think Andre Simon favoured the cox's orange pippin, but Maurice Healy backed my choice.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:50 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote: Ashmead's Kernel?
No
djewesbury wrote:Ellesmere's Orange?
No again but you are heading in a better direction with both these guesses.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:50 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by AW77
If I allowed to try a second time:
Dabinett
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:52 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Ãrd Cairn Russet?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:00 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
AW77 wrote:If I allowed to try a second time:
Dabinett
As many as you wish! Now Dabinett does make a good cider, but no
jdaw1 wrote:Ãrd Cairn Russet?
No, perhaps for clarificationI should say that I had discounted all russet varieties on the previous generic 'russet' guess. Never heard of this one though.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by AW77
Norfolk Biffin ?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Lord Lambourne
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:29 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
AW77 wrote:Norfolk Biffin ?
Surely you made that one up? No.
jdaw1 wrote:Lord Lambourne
No (Note to self; I must try and think of some other way of saying no)
Time for a clue; This is more a pomme than an apple, perhaps Joan of Arc would have approved of it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:42 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Sunset?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:53 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
No. It is the Orleans Reinette. Isn't it.
Planted many apple trees in my time...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:No. It is the Orleans Reinette. Isn't it.
Planted many apple trees in my time...
Disco! Over to you.
I think that you need the tannins to work against the sweetness of port and the port seems to bring out the pineapple in the apple. Not quite ripe yet, at least not in Zummerset
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:35 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Eleanor Catton on winning the Booker this year.
Refreshments are on sale in the lobby......
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:38 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate England on beating Poland and thereby playing in Brazil.
(When I next win, I have a good question.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:47 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Footer? The one they play with the round ball?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:53 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by DRT
During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Scotland for following the grand old tradition of winning against strong opposition when it is too late to matter.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:55 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
During this protracted intermission while I wait for a thought to clatter into my empty dome; as I drain the last drop of Dalva 71 white Colheita from my glass; as I play for time and wonder what JDAW's question is (attempting to formulate a question that he might guess)... I wonder does anyone have quite such an amazing accent as Jill Abramson of the New York Times...
A question. A question.
I just perused a facsimile of the first edition of a newspaper. Which one?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
Pall Mall Gazette?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Belfast telegraph
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:59 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:Belfast telegraph
No! (But good...)
jdaw1 wrote:Pall Mall Gazette?
No!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
The Times.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by DRT
An Phoblacht?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:04 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:The Times.
Quite cold. This is an old newspaper; not a modern rag.
DRT wrote:An Phoblacht?
Warmer. But also quite, quite cold.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:06 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Irish times.
Just listening to Jill Abramson, she sounds like someone has stretched the tape.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by DRT
Ulster Star?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:18 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:Ulster Star?
Not that.
LGTrotter wrote:Irish times.
Just listening to Jill Abramson, she sounds like someone has stretched the tape.
Yes that is exactly what she sounds like. No.
Is it time for yet another clue...? Or does someone wish to review the clues already given and make another guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:23 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:26 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.
No clue required. The oldest continually published newspaper in the world. October 3rd 1738 it says here.
But now it's your turn. Damn and blast! Where did the others go? Are they just playing with us..??
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:40 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.
No clue required. The oldest continually published newspaper in the world. October 3rd 1738 it says here.
But now it's your turn. Damn and blast! Where did the others go? Are they just playing with us..??
Perhaps they didn't like my thoughts on football...
Why do I try to get the question right, it really is quite strain this setting questions.
OK, there have been some questions about grandfathers and here is mine.
My grandfather was a bonded labourer on an irish farm in the twenties. At the end of each year he would have to give his pound to his father (who drank it). After several years of this he hid for two days before setting off for England with his pound.
Where did my grandfather hide?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:44 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by djewesbury
Very, very good question.
In a barn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:44 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by jdaw1
A cellar.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:47 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:Very, very good question.
In a barn.
Aw, shucks, but no.
jdaw1 wrote:A cellar.
Appropriate guess for the port forum, again no.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:56 Tue 15 Oct 2013
by DRT
In a potato crate.